TRAVEL ASSOCIATION NEWS

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is pleased to announce the launch of the Dream to Travel Festival, an online event that brings together travel trade businesses worldwide to learn, network, and celebrate the power of travel during these challenging …

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is pleased to announce the launch of the Dream to Travel Festival, an online event that brings together travel trade businesses worldwide to learn, network, and celebrate the power of travel during these challenging …

The United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA) released findings from a survey of its Active Members about post-COVID 19 plans for recovery and resumption of business. According to Terry Dale, USTOA president and CEO, the recent research is part of …

The Travel Association releases new data which shows record levels of engagement with Members and consumers, indicating the extent to which the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the travel sector for individuals and for companies. During what has been an exceptionally …

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is pleased to announce a new organisational partnership with FeedsFloor, a digital platform that enables clients to create and manage various event-related mobile and/or web applications as well as related support and hosting services. …

Startups in London’s tourism and business event sectors are now being encouraged to apply to the London & Partners’ Business Growth Programme. Launching in late June, the accelerator programme’s Summer Cohort will support companies in tourism and business events, creative, …

ABTA – The Travel Association has written to the Prime Minister to provide an update on the specific challenges that the industry – in particular travel agents and tour operators – is facing as this crisis unfolds, and to call …

The Travel Association has introduced free-of-charge material, on-demand webinars and specialist expertise from ABTA Partners to its Coronavirus: support from ABTA Partners hub. Launched in April 2020, the hub connects Members with Partners who can offer expertise to help them …

EASA, in conjunction with the European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), has published a set of guidelines for the management of airline passengers in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. This comes following the recommendations that ERA promoted through …

The United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA) released findings from a survey of its Active Members about post-COVID 19 plans for recovery and resumption of business. According to Terry Dale, USTOA president and CEO, the recent research is part of …

A group of Europe’s leading aviation associations call on the European Commission to develop an all-inclusive, co-operative approach to ensure the safe integration of drones into European airspace. The joint signatories of the ‘We are All One in the Sky’ …

The European Commission has issued an official Recommendation on Refund Credit Notes (referred to as ‘vouchers’ in other countries) offered to customers as an alternative to cash refunds for cancelled package holidays. The Recommendation, which applies to the UK until …

Tourism is one of the hardest-hit sectors by the COVID-19 pandemic, which first emerged in the first days of the New Year in China and spread across the whole world in a very short time, leading to a global economic crisis.

The Chancellor’s move to extend and adapt the furlough scheme has been welcomed by the Travel Association but it will also be needing urgent measures to protect the industry and hundreds of thousands of jobs it supports. In order to …

Today’s announcement by the Spanish Government, following the UK’s recent announcement, to impose a 14-day quarantine period for incoming travellers, will not aid the recovery process of aviation or help kick start Europe’s economy. It will have a detrimental effect …

The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously affected global economic activity, including trade, tourism and employment levels. Indeed, the grounding of flights and drastic reduction in air links has wider detrimental effects on society and the economy. Aviation supports 65.5 million jobs …

Across Europe, member states have begun to plan for recovery following the disastrous effects of COVID-19. Aviation will be a key player in reviving Europe’s economic activity, but for the industry to resume whilst still controlling the spread of the …

The Board of Directors of Mesa Air Group has appointed aviation industry leader Daniel McHugh to the Board. It is to fill the vacancy created by the exit of Grant Lyon. He chose not to stand for re-election at the Mesa Air Group’s 2020 annual meeting of shareholders held in February 2020. Daniel McHugh will stand for re-election at the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today that the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has been assigned a Category 2 rating because it does not comply with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) safety standards under the FAA’s International Aviation …

Considering the current crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic,ABTA chief executive Mark Tanzer has reiterated a call for the government to provide guidance on customer refunds. Earlier, Tanzer had urged the customers to support travel agents, by taking vouchers …

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is pleased to announce a new organisational partnership with TCI Research, a leading Travel Data Intelligence Agency awarded by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) for its TRAVELSAT Solution and trusted by over 100 destinations, …